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balloting for a national election
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a friendly audience Saturday at the annual
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in

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a wide ranging speech at the Conservative
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his 2016 electoral win over Democrat hilly
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lawmakers pushing to expand their
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president's 1st appearance since
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international headlines for you on
v.o.a. News dot com I'm Liz Belka v.o.a.

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News.

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I've. Welcome to another hour
of the best of jazz past

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and present and conversation with the
music makers on jazz America from v.o.a.

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Why this is rest Davis your host I'll
take you to jazz Congress to talk about

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a mile.

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There are

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a few celebrities in the world who can
simply go by one name and you know exactly

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who they are share pay lay and
I can go on but when I say

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Miles you know who I'm talking
about the man with the horn Miles

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Davis made quite

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a few changes in his career including
in the sixty's and early seventy's

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a turn to more electric
jazz with instead of

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a straight swing and beat more of an
even flow sometimes he would just

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begin a song with

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a rhythm and then just let it flow for
half an hour or longer it was the

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electric time of jazz and Miles ushered
it and we're going to hear some

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conversation from the jazz Congress the
largest gathering of jazz musicians

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promoters and fans in all of the world
each and every year in New York City it

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happens right after the 1st of the
year and one of the panels was

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a celebration of electric miles revisited
we're going to talk to some of the

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artists who are on that panel and hear
some classic electric miles music but 1st

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let's hear some music from

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a gentleman who. I'm certain has followed
in the footsteps of Miles Davis is

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a matter of fact if Miles were around
today he might sound like Willis Wilson

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and I mentioned the word flow earlier
that's the title of this song from his new

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release conversations that I'll play for
you now to begin this hour of the always

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jazz America.

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Lol.

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Little. Lol.

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Lol.

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Lol emma.

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The I'm.

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A leg.

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Length.

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A. Leg.

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Length.

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Illo. Well

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when. Al Gore did.

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Glow. Plugs.

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Live. To 11. Like

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a glove the check book
that's struggling. To.

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Live. The. Place.

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Looks old live.

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Glow of.

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Electric.

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Glitz

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glamour.

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Glitz glamour.

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Glow you kilo.

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It. Will.

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Get. The ball to.

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Live.

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But you.

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Player.

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From his expansive new 3 disc release
titled been there done that Ben Sidran

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live around the world 975 to 2015
with performances everywhere from

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New York to Paris to Madrid Milan 0
Minneapolis London and Tokyo as you just

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heard that was recorded live in Tokyo in
1991 that was too hot to touch brand new

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music from our stack of new and notable
that one by Ben Sidran Now let's return to

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the Jazz Congress in New York City for more
of the conversation that we enjoyed as

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we listened in on the words of some of
the artist who worked with Miles Davis

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during that very important transitional
time when Miles turned electric in the 1960

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s.

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And seventy's among those folks that worked
with him we'll hear from saxophonist Gary

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Bartz who will tell us how he came together
with Miles to join his band and on

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which recordings he 1st played with
him I had seen Miles. From the time

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I guess I was 15 I went to see the
band with John Coltrane Rigaud in

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Philly Joe Jones Paul Chambers
over in Washington d.c.

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So I had been following him I started
working with Max Roach and we did

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a. Show actually was 10
days we did a week and

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a week at Count bases
in. Opposite miles so

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you know he's listening to me every night
and that's the 1st time he started

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talking to me you know so. Boat. One night
he came down when I was working with

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McCoy Tyner down to slow us and he came in
they said I heard I didn't see and they

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said monsters here you know and I went to
go see him and he had left already and it

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following week he called me and
he said Gary this is my house

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so he asked me to do in

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a band and that's how I do it bad it was
your 1st record you were actually you know

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I never went in the studio with
us. For some reason he felt that

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band the band I was in with him was

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a more organic kind of band that we
would do shows and him with 2 and 2 and

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a half hour long shows you know and we you
know we went in the studio wouldn't be

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you know we'd be in day and so I
think the 1st record. They released

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was Live Evil and that was part of the.

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What was the club in Washington d.c.

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Summer doing yeah we did the summer tour
and so they took some of the excerpts from

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that and then they released
all of that and that was

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a funny album because. George I
mean John McLaughlin was on the

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record Live Evil but we did had done

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a week. At the cellar door
without John and then John

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came in and surprised
with the band and it was

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a prize to me anyway I didn't know he was
coming and joined a band so that added

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a little something different you know.
Which was interesting but that was that

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was the 1st records I did.

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And. Gary from saxophone and John

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McLaughlin on guitar and

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a host of other greats jazz of that
day from the 1971 release Live Evil

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recorded live in Washington d.c.

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The cellar door that is Miles Davis
at his electric best with Sivadas

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And now from our stack
of new a notable comes

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a trombone assist from Miami Florida named
Ruben cub on who creates on his new

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album shafted what he calls Latin infused
hard bop Let's hear the song invitation

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on jazz America from v.o.a.

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One and. One on.

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We've.

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We've we've.

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We've.

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We've. We've.

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We've. We've

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we've we've we've

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we've.

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We've.

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Had.

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We've we've.

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We've. We've.

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We've.

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It was.

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A.

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Woman. We've.

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The sound of new jazz coming out of Miami
Florida Ruben Kabayan from the album

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shafted with invitation this is Russ
Davis and coming up more of our trip to

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jazz Congress in New York City to celebrate
electric Miles Davis but 1st I want

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to invite you to send me an
e-mail if you have a question

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a comment or maybe request for music whatever
the case may be I'd love to hear from

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you and here is the email address to which
you can write me I'll give it to you

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twice so write it down and get
in touch it's jazz America at v

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a News dot com bats jazz America
the 2 words written as one word

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at that's the at sign v o a a and e. E. W.

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As dot com jazz America at v.o.a.

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News dot com And here is one of the kindest
messages I think I've ever received

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comes from England from Stephano Bali auntie
and he writes to say Hi Russ I'm glad

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to let you know that I wrote this note in
my monthly column in communication the

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monthly bulletin of the British

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d x club and always thanks for the program
Best wishes Well I found out that the

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British

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d x club began in 1974 in
Twickenham and it has been creating

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fans and members all over the United Kingdom
and abroad that have been following

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broadcasts of radio via short wave
medium wave am long wave and f.m.

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And now online and he wrote in trying to
give some information to folks who would

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like to hear the Voice of America
Voice of America on the Web There are

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3 choices v.o.a. Global English
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One where you hear jazz America of course
and he goes on to say my favorite v.o.a.

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Program Jazz America with Russ Davis is
heard at different times as follows and he

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gave the frequencies in times
on global Africa and v o

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a one well thank you so much Stephano
and I hope more folks will not only

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join your organization British d.x.

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Club but maybe you'll be telling more
folks about jazz America on v.o.a.

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I want to begin this set of music with

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a couple from my stack of new and notable
as I've told you many times recently I

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really want to make sure that you keep up
with some of the new releases coming out

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and here's one from Toronto
Canada they are j.

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These Boogaloo squad in from their
album going to market Here's

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a great up temple groove
called squad Zillah.

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Love of the street

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a chance to me. You came

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along with being Santa come on.

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Still it's

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a real treat. To. Them

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to get to come

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a little longer before.
I think you see the sun

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playing zenith the time
and place mom up on the

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way wait. Wait till you see

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a man sunshine. Seeing nothing.

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That says settling with

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a new leaf. Naomi

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. Was. Teaching to fly. With the

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taste of the. Drug.

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When it's. Full of these bombs do.

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You think you. Wait

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until you. Bring. In Me Wait till you

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see that son son.

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Best get to me won't envy. Them.

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In. The coming days. Come.

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There are so many wonderful vocalists out
in the world of jazz today and one of

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them is Kristen Lee's sergeant from
her album smolder that's her version

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of the classic song The Best
Is Yet To Come She's also

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a composer wrote some
songs on this album and

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a rain. As well and knows how to draw on
some fantastic players to work with her

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like Ted Nash who played the saxophone
and flute on this new release Now let's

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return to jazz Congress in New York City
to continue our investigation of one of

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the panels that was most enjoyable
titled electric miles revisited the time

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in the Miles Davis career in the late
sixty's and seventy's when the music became

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electric the rhythms changed jazz fusion
was born Thanks to Miles Davis and many of

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the great artists who worked with him on
those projects were there for the panel

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among them electric bassist Michael
Henderson Michael how did how did miles and

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that the music you me after you left
the band Well 1st I started out by

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recording you on my starship with Miles
Davis. And I was the 1st what do you mean

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with Miles Davis while we cut it in the
studio and I says Well Miles kept saying to

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me he says. You want to give me one of those
hit records you do want it but it goes

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. And so I said Ok we went
into the studio and did

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you know my starship we would cut it.
With Keith Jarrett and Richie Lucas

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and the rest are guys 1st it
was Valentine. That's still

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a hit after 45 years with

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a song with we both did each other with
Miss Phyllis timing and in the next song

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was you on my starship and they kept coming
and after that you know hit after hit

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after hit after hit or hit and then I started
thinking and so I didn't play as much

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bass but it was time to elevate you know
because you know I had done I played jazz

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with those of the funk purpose. You
know what in the sixty's we did that

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already I mean they did that every night
you know. But I learned from the best

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you know I learned from the best

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a lot of people don't know it if you will
can he played more than one note I said

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you just don't know do you you just don't
know so we need to have this conversation

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yes Mr Michael Henderson and now we need
to have this listening session as Michael

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Henderson plays electric bass Billy Cobham
on the drums John McLaughlin on guitar

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Herbie Hancock on electric keyboards
on trumpet Miles Davis who was

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a huge fan of boxing and on the album

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a tribute to Jack Johnson paid off to one
of his favorite boxers ever Miles Davis

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and company right off on
jazz America from the oh

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a wad. He

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.

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Led.

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The way.

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Lead. The.

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He went back quite

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a few decades all the way back to 19 seventies
to give you the perfect combination

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of rock and jazz the songs right off from

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a tribute to Jack Johnson Miles Davis and.
I know the next edition of jazz America

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we're going to go back

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a few more decades and we'll
go to 1941 and talk with

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Duke Ellington Yes we've uncovered our
941 radio interview between sets at

00:56:44
a club the Duke Ellington will tell us his
story talk about jazz in general and his

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life and will here is classical
music on the next jazz America.

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With you and this is News I'm Liz Palka

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the u.s.

00:57:10
Past Syrian for Six-Pack said decisive
battle on Sunday with Islamic State in Syria

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more from Reuters Saskia
O'Donohue. Is the u.s.

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Backed Syrian. State territorial.
The Syrian democratic

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forces say they expect

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a decisive battle on Sunday
altered by. The s.d.s.

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Clash with Islamic state for nearly 18 hours
around bag capturing the village with

00:57:40
. International efforts to roll back
the jihadists that was Reuters Saskia

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O'Donoghue reporting the s.d.f.

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Says they aim to declare victory within
a week but the militant group remains

00:57:51
a threat using guerrilla tactics and holding
some desolate land further west the

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u.s.

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And South Korea announced late Saturday the
2 countries will end annual large scale

00:58:03
joint military exercises as part of
diplomatic efforts to achieve complete

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denuclearization of the Korean peninsula
the decision comes 3 days after

00:58:12
a summit between u.s.

00:58:14
President Donald Trump and North Korean
leader Kim Jong un in Vietnam that ended

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without an agreement to resolve the North
Korean crisis Pakistan confirmed Saturday

00:58:24
that 2 of its soldiers have been killed
in ongoing military skirmishes with India

00:58:30
across the disputed Kashmir border
this comes a day after Pakistan in

00:58:35
a gesture of peace returned an Indian pilot
who was captured alive when his plane

00:58:39
was shot down this overture does not seem
to have affected the situation in Kashmir

00:58:44
which continues to be the scene of relentless
heavy mortar and artillery shelling.

00:58:49
A court in Garraway Somalia on Saturday
sentenced 5 male teenagers to death for the

00:58:54
gang rape of

00:58:55
a 16 year old girl in the last month that's
according to officials this is video

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a news scores of people
are believed dead after

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a pipeline explosion in southern Nigeria
according to local officials the

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Associated Press reported on
Saturday that more than 50 p. .

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